Sep 22, 2014 · As a non-native speaker I am curious about the everyday usage of more poor in contrast to poorer. The dictionary dictates poorer as the correct form, with some allowing both …

Jan 20, 2014 · The British National Corpus has 13 cites for "more poorly", and the Corpus of Contemporary American English has 83 (including 8 for "even more poorly" and 1 for "more …

Oct 7, 2019 · The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Also: the cupboards are bare, e.g. "I wish I had something to offer you to eat, but we haven't done our grocery shopping this week, …

May 23, 2017 · To be the poorer for (something): To be more poor as a result of (something). Since the most appropriate of the Chambers definitions of "poor" is "in a sorry condition". To …

Oct 22, 2014 · Note the POS: it's a noun formed from an adjective, like "the poorer." It's because such a form makes eminent sense that it had to be listed in dictionaries. So, yes, worser is a …

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Apr 8, 2011 · According to Diana Hacker's "A Canadian Writer's Reference" (p.123 section G1-d) you treat most indefinite pronouns as singular so the answer is "was."

My own guess is that OP's meaning has arisen circuitously from the original nursery rhyme context. Apart from lacking access to modern contraceptives, the old woman was probably …

Jun 19, 2019 · I N. take thee N. to my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death …

it is clear that the medical establishment was unable to help their condition and after expensive tests and manifold prescriptions, the individual returns home poorer and none the healthier. …